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but the record's clear -- john mccain has voted with george bush 90% of the time. senator mccain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think george bush has been right more than 90% of the time? [cheers and applause] i don't know about you, but i'm not ready to take a 10% chance on change. [cheers and applause] the truth is on issue after issue that would make a difference in your life on health care and education and the economy, senator mccain has been anything but independent. he said that our economy has made great progress under this president. he said that the fundamentals of the economy are strong. and when one of his chief advisors, the man who wrote his economic plan, was talking about the anxieties that americans are feeling, he said that we were just suffering from a mental recession and that we've become -- and i quote -- a nation of whiners. [crowd booing] a nation of whiners. tell that to the proud autoworkers at a michigan plant who, after they found out it was closed, they kept showing up every day a
but the record's clear -- john mccain has voted with george bush 90% of the time. senator mccain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think george bush has been right more than 90% of the time? [cheers and applause] i don't know about you, but i'm not ready to take a 10% chance on change. [cheers and applause] the truth is on issue after issue that would make a difference in your life on health care and education and the economy, senator mccain...
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bush. job growth in the '80s, job growth in the '90s, and job growth under george w. bush. oh, wise, economic master, please share with us your secrets. republicans may want george w. bush to disappear from public life, like he did behind those elevator doors, but he is not going away. he has a book of economic advice coming out right before the election. maybe the romney campaign will get really lucky and george w. bush will start a lecture series on, what, avoiding unnecessary wars? maybe hurricane preparedness? george w. bush is getting back into politics, ladies and gentlemen, on the side of mitt romney and in time for the presidential election. that sound you hear is democrats across america throwing open their front doors and running into the streets, jubilant, looking for somebody to high five. i went to a small high school. the teacher that comes to mind for me is my high school math teacher, dr. gilmore. i mean he could teach. he was there for us, even if we needed him in college. you could call him, you had his phone number. he was just focused on making sure we w
bush. job growth in the '80s, job growth in the '90s, and job growth under george w. bush. oh, wise, economic master, please share with us your secrets. republicans may want george w. bush to disappear from public life, like he did behind those elevator doors, but he is not going away. he has a book of economic advice coming out right before the election. maybe the romney campaign will get really lucky and george w. bush will start a lecture series on, what, avoiding unnecessary wars? maybe...
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of george bush. but look at the review. broadly obama has sought policies to decrease taxes on the middle class. 16 taxings decreased for maul business and 3600 for the class that are done underneath this president. >> it sounds smart because of the accent. wayne, two examples. taxes that are in place and taxes that are coming in the end of the year and alling the class and behaabout the issue regulation. is that the issue that is burying the middle class. >> regulation is more of the issue. we get the bush tax cut in effect. and the idea that the last four years you have had massive taxings. no they are yet to come. man date for noncompliance in 2014 and cadillac tax in 2018 and special kids in 2013. they were not taxes of the last four years they are taxes of the future. you have had massive regulation in the last four years and executive orders coming out of the federal government and viserating the congressional man date and letting the bureaucracy run the country and you have lists of them down
of george bush. but look at the review. broadly obama has sought policies to decrease taxes on the middle class. 16 taxings decreased for maul business and 3600 for the class that are done underneath this president. >> it sounds smart because of the accent. wayne, two examples. taxes that are in place and taxes that are coming in the end of the year and alling the class and behaabout the issue regulation. is that the issue that is burying the middle class. >> regulation is more of...
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this is the same old george w. bush argument. they thought that this made it seem less scary. >> for younger people. what we said then, and what i've always agreed, is let younger americans have a voluntary choice of making their money work faster for them within the social security system. that's not what mitt romney's proposing. what we're saying is no changes for anybody 55 and above. >> when charlie pierce from boston wrote up that moment from the debate at "esquire" magazine today he wrote this. "you could hear the screams from romney headquarters all the way up the charles to where i was watching." democrats have so far been keeping their powder dry on this very, very potent issue. on the republicans wanting to privatize social security. not just privatizing medicare, and thereby getting rid of it, which has been an issue in this campaign, but privatizing social security and thereby getting rid of it. before last night, that was paul ryan's record and it was george w. bush's record. but nobody knew if romney and ryan were g
this is the same old george w. bush argument. they thought that this made it seem less scary. >> for younger people. what we said then, and what i've always agreed, is let younger americans have a voluntary choice of making their money work faster for them within the social security system. that's not what mitt romney's proposing. what we're saying is no changes for anybody 55 and above. >> when charlie pierce from boston wrote up that moment from the debate at "esquire"...
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>> well, my former boss, george w. bush has exited the political stage. he said once i'm out of politics, that's it. the democrats can run around and say, oh, they are trying to hide bush and stay off the scene because he's so unpopular, but that was the president's decision. the fact of the matter, chris, is that poor barack obama, oh obama inherited a mess, oh obama, all the troubles he's had, this man has been in office for three-and-a-half years. i'm tired of listening to the whining from the left and saying poor obama as opposed to he's had a stimulus bill, he's had a jobs bill, they haven't set the country back on course. so let's put the blame where it needs to be at the president's feet for his failed policies as opposed to looking back and blaming george w. bush. >> let's look at this. the republicans and democrats had limited and precious prime-time, of course on broadcast networks. on the final night of both conventions just as the members gone their coverage, here's what the parties presented. at 10:02 vice president joe biden was in a full la
>> well, my former boss, george w. bush has exited the political stage. he said once i'm out of politics, that's it. the democrats can run around and say, oh, they are trying to hide bush and stay off the scene because he's so unpopular, but that was the president's decision. the fact of the matter, chris, is that poor barack obama, oh obama inherited a mess, oh obama, all the troubles he's had, this man has been in office for three-and-a-half years. i'm tired of listening to the whining...
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he prepped george w. bush in 2004. john mccain in 2008 and michele bachmann and then mitt romney in this primary campaign. we asked brett o'donnell to join us today to talk about this week's debate and how both candidates need to recalibrate for the next one. the big i think it is fare to coming out of this debate is what happened to president obama. why did he do so poorly. obviously you were in the room but best guess what do you think his debate team failed to do to prepare him for wednesday night? >> three areas where you have to prepare a candidate. the first s they have to know the issues and policy on both sides. i think president obama s fine in that area. but the last two areas i think his team may have failed. the second is you have to have a strategy going into the debate to execute. and the final thing is you have to be mentally prepared. i don't think the president was really mentally prepared to take on governor romney and i certainly think that he was in shock when governor romney went on offense and sta
he prepped george w. bush in 2004. john mccain in 2008 and michele bachmann and then mitt romney in this primary campaign. we asked brett o'donnell to join us today to talk about this week's debate and how both candidates need to recalibrate for the next one. the big i think it is fare to coming out of this debate is what happened to president obama. why did he do so poorly. obviously you were in the room but best guess what do you think his debate team failed to do to prepare him for wednesday...
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lest we forget, this was your economy on george w. bush. the first line there is household income in the 1980s, then household income in the '90s, and there's household income under george w. bush, dropping. here's poverty going down in the '80s, going down in the '90s, and here's poverty going up under president george w. bush. job growth in the '80s, job growth in the '90s, and job growth under george w. bush. oh, wise, economic master, please share with us your secrets. republicans may want george w. bush to disappear from public life, like he did behind those elevator doors, but he is not going away. he has a book of economic advice coming out right before the election. maybe the romney campaign will get really lucky and george w. bush will start a lecture series on, what, avoiding unnecessary wars? maybe hurricane preparedness? george w. bush is getting back into politics, ladies and gentlemen, on the side of mitt romney and in time for the presidential election. that sound you hear is democrats across america throwing open their front
lest we forget, this was your economy on george w. bush. the first line there is household income in the 1980s, then household income in the '90s, and there's household income under george w. bush, dropping. here's poverty going down in the '80s, going down in the '90s, and here's poverty going up under president george w. bush. job growth in the '80s, job growth in the '90s, and job growth under george w. bush. oh, wise, economic master, please share with us your secrets. republicans may want...
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george bush was elected in 2004 by the narrowest margin of any president. what has been happening -- >> what you call a mandate. >> as you had to rise in the education population, as media communication get better, people become more committed to certain brands including their political brand and the country's become more locked in and has a more ethnic diversity. you also see people walking in ethnically as the champion to their private prize, so it's not a surprise that this race is going to be close and come down to the few people who are the least informed or committed in the country. >> which is frightening. thanks to all three. we can probably all agree on that no matter where you stand politically. and we're going to be talking to the moderator of tomorrow's debate. candy crowley will be my guest next hour and the key come down to one state, ohio. we sent john avlon out to find out why the president has an -- there. we're going to ask a man famous for his liberal views. endless shrimp is our most popular promotion at red lobster. there's so many choi
george bush was elected in 2004 by the narrowest margin of any president. what has been happening -- >> what you call a mandate. >> as you had to rise in the education population, as media communication get better, people become more committed to certain brands including their political brand and the country's become more locked in and has a more ethnic diversity. you also see people walking in ethnically as the champion to their private prize, so it's not a surprise that this race...
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george bush was elected in 2004 by the narrowest margin of any president ever not to lose. >> which he called a mandate. >> as you had to rise in the education population, as media communication get better, people become more committed to certain brands including their political brand and the country's become more locked in and has a more ethnic diversity. you also see people walking in ethnically as the champion to their private prize, so it's not a surprise that this race is going to be close and come down to the few people who are the least informed or committed in the country. >> which is frightening. you just heard this debate reference, the most important thing between now and election day, candy crowley from cnn is the moderator, she'll be my guest later this hour. >>> and the key to the election could be down to one state, the buckeye state. does the president have an unlikely ally there? tem and the world's only tridion safety cell which can withstand over three and a half tons. small in size. big on safety. -oh, that's just my buds. -bacon. -my taste buds. -[ taste buds ] don
george bush was elected in 2004 by the narrowest margin of any president ever not to lose. >> which he called a mandate. >> as you had to rise in the education population, as media communication get better, people become more committed to certain brands including their political brand and the country's become more locked in and has a more ethnic diversity. you also see people walking in ethnically as the champion to their private prize, so it's not a surprise that this race is going...
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they wanted george bush to start the war before 9/11 happened. then when 9/11 happened, they said we have to go now, don't we? the project for a new american century really existed and the people who ran it did not get run out of washington and forced into a line of work they would be better suited for like for example, coloring. they are briefing the republican vice presidential nominee on what to do about foreign policy. in 2012. the republican side never retired the g.w. bush policy team. no need to come up with a new idea or two. they don't seem to really care about foreign policy in terms of the mitt romney campaign. they just don't want to be asked about it. because the republican party is essentially forfeited on this issue, because on this issue there are not two plausible sides fighting it out in the election, there's the democrats and sort of a right wing fee pooe nut gallery that pops up. foreign policy and the wars are being handled in our political system differently than any other thing being fought over in this election. you can se
they wanted george bush to start the war before 9/11 happened. then when 9/11 happened, they said we have to go now, don't we? the project for a new american century really existed and the people who ran it did not get run out of washington and forced into a line of work they would be better suited for like for example, coloring. they are briefing the republican vice presidential nominee on what to do about foreign policy. in 2012. the republican side never retired the g.w. bush policy team. no...
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you have the famous george bush looking at his watch or al gore sighing in the debate. and this time around we have the president who seems to be disinterested, who seems to be irritated and not focused on the debate. >> chris: what do you tell a candidate to do when the other guy is speaking or even attacking? >> well, you know, certainly you can take notes, you can look out at the audience but every now and then you need to look at your opponent. it is kind of odd if a person is talking directly to you like governor romney was during most of the debate and you don't look at them. it is almost -- it is -- could be considered rude or disinterested, irritated. t certainly sent the wrong message and at times you notice the president is even looking to his left when his podium is candid to the right and so it sends the message i would like to get out of here as fast as possible. >> chris: he is certainly sent that message. you say that romney for all of his good points, stumbled, too, during the debate. you say one case is when was talking about reforming social security a
you have the famous george bush looking at his watch or al gore sighing in the debate. and this time around we have the president who seems to be disinterested, who seems to be irritated and not focused on the debate. >> chris: what do you tell a candidate to do when the other guy is speaking or even attacking? >> well, you know, certainly you can take notes, you can look out at the audience but every now and then you need to look at your opponent. it is kind of odd if a person is...
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but to pool the latinos as george bush and i know george bush and certainly romney is no george bush, bush did a great job at getting out latinos. but mitt romney and paul ryan team are just not going to be able to do that. if they had mario on the ballot, on the ticket, i think they would have got a lot of latinos. >> geraldo: i think they would. congressman price, you know paul ryan. you may not work out with him. i don't know but you are good friends. how do you think he did today? he went to the villages. he went to the heart of the medicare recipient community in florida today with his mom. do you think that he can get over the initial reaction from mine and your mom and others that this guy is scary because he is going change things? >> i did what the other side didn't believe he would do and that is go right to the seniors in the state of florida and speak to them and say there would be no changes under our plan for anybody over the age of 55. no changes. the fear mongering is simply not true. i want to address the issue you of the latino and african american voter and elsewher
but to pool the latinos as george bush and i know george bush and certainly romney is no george bush, bush did a great job at getting out latinos. but mitt romney and paul ryan team are just not going to be able to do that. if they had mario on the ballot, on the ticket, i think they would have got a lot of latinos. >> geraldo: i think they would. congressman price, you know paul ryan. you may not work out with him. i don't know but you are good friends. how do you think he did today? he...
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george bush blew that question you showed a part of. that was the good part of his answer, but when he first heard the question, he was like, i don't get it and people remember that he said i don't get it. and that was about the economy. and that's what people were feeling and hurting. >> when we talk about the fact you were the last female journalist to have access to a presidential debate like this and would you remind everybody that gwen eiffel moderated the '04 debate, an honor, but not a game changer, but you did write a piece -- we have candy crowley, who has the duties for one of these debates. you say don't forget, you will be treated differently because you are a woman. how is it different for women or minority moderators, when it comes to those tough questions on a woman's right to choose. is there an extra cautious line women need to take in asking that? >> she's not going to have the chance. that's what i'm upset about. candy is going to have the same format that i had, which is the town hall format. that's questions from th
george bush blew that question you showed a part of. that was the good part of his answer, but when he first heard the question, he was like, i don't get it and people remember that he said i don't get it. and that was about the economy. and that's what people were feeling and hurting. >> when we talk about the fact you were the last female journalist to have access to a presidential debate like this and would you remind everybody that gwen eiffel moderated the '04 debate, an honor, but...
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romy will have a george w. bush for ren policies, two were george w. bush for ren policy advisors. dan senor was the guy telling everybody the war was awesome and the other to be america's ambassador to the world on war crime issues while the administration was setting up secret prisons and torturing people. >> unless you believe mitt romney's foreign policy will be anything like george bush's foreign policy lets the george bush foreign officials advising mitt romney that that is not the case. chris hayes, up with chris hayes you can watch every saturday and sunday. nice to have knew always a pleasure. >> is this a situation we have two worlds that don't overlap, having the iraq war spokesman speaking on your behalf doesn't seem like a bad thing to republicans? >> i have pondered this for a long time. i genuinely don't understand this. you watch the republican primary debates and turn to foreign policy. there has to be some space between ron paul and dick cheney and no one is occupying it. either an incredibly isolationist agenda of ron paul not majority position of american politi
romy will have a george w. bush for ren policies, two were george w. bush for ren policy advisors. dan senor was the guy telling everybody the war was awesome and the other to be america's ambassador to the world on war crime issues while the administration was setting up secret prisons and torturing people. >> unless you believe mitt romney's foreign policy will be anything like george bush's foreign policy lets the george bush foreign officials advising mitt romney that that is not the...
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he voted on george bush's budget which put us $3 trillion in debt. he has not been a maverick in providing health care. he voted against con covering 3.6 million children in coverage of the existing health care plan. he has not been a maverick when it comes to education. he has not supported changes for people to be able to send their kids to college. he has not been a maverick on the war. he has not been a maverick on anything that generally affects the things that people really talk about around their kitchen tea table. can we get mom's m.r.i.? can we send mary back to school next semester? how are we going to heat the house this winter? he voted against what they call lighting. for assistance to people. so maverick he is not on the important critical issues that affect people at that kitchen table. >> final closing statements, starting with you, senator biden. can you think of a single issue, and this is for people trying to get to know you in the final debate of this year, can you think of an important issue in which you were -- in which you need
he voted on george bush's budget which put us $3 trillion in debt. he has not been a maverick in providing health care. he voted against con covering 3.6 million children in coverage of the existing health care plan. he has not been a maverick when it comes to education. he has not supported changes for people to be able to send their kids to college. he has not been a maverick on the war. he has not been a maverick on anything that generally affects the things that people really talk about...
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i didn't see any evidence of that in the eight years of george bush. and so i'm curious to why you as a party believe that is actually going to work. i mean, it may get you elected. is it actually going to work? >> there's a lot of evidence to it. we had very low rates of unemployment. 4% unemployment through most of george bush's tenure. we saw fairly strong -- >> not in the end. what was the rate the date he left? >> well, now, because we had a financial meltdown. i mean, you know, again -- >> right, to be fair, you can't quote 4% when his final percentage was what? >> well, no, i understand that. i think -- >> what was it? >> the linkage -- i don't remember. probably i think it was 6% or something like that, 6.5%. remember, president obama when he passed the stimulus package said we can't let the unemployment rate get to 8% so it was well below 8% when he said that. no, the connection, though, between lower taxes and, you know, the failure of the bush administration to hand off a strong economy to obama really i don't think there's a nexus there. th
i didn't see any evidence of that in the eight years of george bush. and so i'm curious to why you as a party believe that is actually going to work. i mean, it may get you elected. is it actually going to work? >> there's a lot of evidence to it. we had very low rates of unemployment. 4% unemployment through most of george bush's tenure. we saw fairly strong -- >> not in the end. what was the rate the date he left? >> well, now, because we had a financial meltdown. i mean,...
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not that people didn't vote in both but that is george bush sixth year itch the electorate was angry mainly for the iraq war and a strong anti-bush trend discernible even in the red states. democrats took control of both the house and the senate the bush presidency was legislatively over the still had veto power with administrative regulation and four policy but it changed the character of his presidency and the country preparing for the obama election 2010 mirror opposite. a new democratic president passing controversial health care the bad economy continued beyond the first two years. who turned out? those unhappy with the bad economy determined to use end of all but a message presidents don't like the message they receive. >> host: a good turnout midterm? >> 40% close 60% did not show up to compare that to 2008 you had 62% show up this year i will be surprised if we don't have a six tier 64% with a strong turnout starting in 2000 for people polarized with the bush presidency and had a narrow election of the people participated to a much greater degree over 2000 or 1996 with clinto
not that people didn't vote in both but that is george bush sixth year itch the electorate was angry mainly for the iraq war and a strong anti-bush trend discernible even in the red states. democrats took control of both the house and the senate the bush presidency was legislatively over the still had veto power with administrative regulation and four policy but it changed the character of his presidency and the country preparing for the obama election 2010 mirror opposite. a new democratic...
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but it will get through in a george bush administration, a george bush administration that is committed to the environment. now the greenhouse effect is an important environmental issue. it is important for us to get the data in, to see what alternatives we might have to the fossil fuels, and make sure we know what we're doing. and there are some explorations and things that we can consider in this area. the drought highlighted the problem that we have, and therefore, we need to get on with it, and in a george bush administration, you can bet that we will. >> john, a question for senator quayle. >> senator, as vice president your most important contribution would be the advice you gave the president. one of the most troubling facts that's going to face the new administration is the fact that the united states has now become the world's largest debtor nation. in 1987 foreigners underwrote our debts to the tune of about $138 billion. last week a top official of the japanese economic planning agency bragged that japan now is in a position to influence the value of the dollar, of our intere
but it will get through in a george bush administration, a george bush administration that is committed to the environment. now the greenhouse effect is an important environmental issue. it is important for us to get the data in, to see what alternatives we might have to the fossil fuels, and make sure we know what we're doing. and there are some explorations and things that we can consider in this area. the drought highlighted the problem that we have, and therefore, we need to get on with it,...
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blaming syria on george bush. >> rise has happened because of what happened in iraq. you can't further dissend that and castigate barack obama in egypt didn't turn out as we as americans would like it. am i happy about the muslim brotherhood, of course not. >> laura: do you think the arab spring has brought any kind of stability to the middle east. >> that's not what i said. i said democracy. there is a big difference between democratic elections an stability. i agree with you, there is no stability but you guys talked about bringing democracy to the middle east. if you subscribe to that theory in iraq why wouldn't you subscribe to that theory in egypt. >> when you talk about that theory. >> supported the iraq war and thought it was great. >> laura: john, do you think china or the united states today is growing in influence and strength? who is growing more? china or the united states? >> well, it's all in proportion. i mean i think if we are going to run -- >> laura: what does that mean? >> their influence and strength was probably disproportionate to the size of the
blaming syria on george bush. >> rise has happened because of what happened in iraq. you can't further dissend that and castigate barack obama in egypt didn't turn out as we as americans would like it. am i happy about the muslim brotherhood, of course not. >> laura: do you think the arab spring has brought any kind of stability to the middle east. >> that's not what i said. i said democracy. there is a big difference between democratic elections an stability. i agree with...
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bush comparison. i spent time with you in 1992 when you were running against george h.w. bush. do you see the complacency, economic statistics were slowly getting better for george h.w. bush. does team obama have the same complacency team bush had and more importantly do you see the attitude in the romney campaign that you guys had in the clinton campaign of '92? >> i think honestly the romney campaign and i pointed it out, i think they're bad and i mean today this auto bailout thing, that was an onion headline when i first saw that and i don't know that the campaign comes up about this, i mean some of the things that romney's done are completely perplexing to everybody. having said that you got to figure at some point he will get better or they will get better, not demonstrated by anything that happened today. i think sometimes when you're an incumbent and you've been there, there's a tendency to defend everything that's happened, and i just think that, and it's not just, i don't want to single out the obama campaign. all across i think among democrats is just a little too muc
bush comparison. i spent time with you in 1992 when you were running against george h.w. bush. do you see the complacency, economic statistics were slowly getting better for george h.w. bush. does team obama have the same complacency team bush had and more importantly do you see the attitude in the romney campaign that you guys had in the clinton campaign of '92? >> i think honestly the romney campaign and i pointed it out, i think they're bad and i mean today this auto bailout thing,...